More from Friedman’s “A Failure of Nerve.” Actually this tendency to adapt to immaturity and to sabotage strength is so often characteristic of chronically anxious systems that a good rule of thumb for leaders who are trying to pull any institution out of regression is that when people start calling you “cruel,” “autocratic,” “heartless,” “hardheaded,” […]
Sink and Find
Unaware of my handsUnaware of my feetUnaware of my breathUnaware of my heartbeat Aware of my unawareness Hidden when soughtElusive when graspedSink into unawarenessFind God
Political Ramblings
It’s interesting the assumptions people make. Several weeks ago I posted a Take Action item from Sojourners that took the position that God is neither a Republican nor a Democrat and that the Religious Right (i. e. Falwell and Robertson) do not speak for all Christians when it comes to politics. This post has generated […]
Much Better Now
I’ve been sick as a dog for the past two days. Mostly a headache and nausea. It started Saturday morning in Austin. Heather drove the full eight hours back to Tulsa with me moaning and groaning beside her. It was miserable. She took great care of me. I have an awesome wife. We got back […]
gmail
I have six gmail invites to anyone who is interested in trying it out. First come, first serve. Send me an email to wadehodgesATgmail.com
Problem Fixed
After several days of website frustration, everything seems to be back in order. My domain name has been renewed, email is functioning properly, and I can post from Blogger to my site. Tomorrow we’re heading down to Austin for a few days to visit my sister, her husband, and the newest addition to their family. […]
Email Troubles
I’ve been having a some domain name/email troubles the past few days. If you’ve sent me an email and haven’t gotten a response, then you may want to try again.
A Failure of Nerve
I’m working through Edwin Friedman’s posthumously published “A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix.” Friedman offers four similarities in the thinking and functioning of America’s families and institutions that he observed and believed to be at the heart of the problem of contemporary America’s orientation toward leadership: 1. A regressive […]
Building Credibility
We’re having a bonus room over our garage finished into an office for me (Project Codename: Wade’s Domain). My contractor left behind some sheetrock scraps that I need to throw away. I loaded them in my pick-up several days ago and still haven’t taken the time to dump them. I may not get in any […]



